Adrian Sports

The Adrian girls’ basketball team nailed down its fourth consecutive victory in Westbrook Friday.
Taking on the Westbrook-Walnut Grove Chargers on their home floor, the Dragons made themselves at home by outscoring the hosts in both halves of a 59-37 victory.
AHS led by 10 points (29-19) after 18...

The Adrian boys’ basketball team came up on the short end of an 85-77 decision in Mountain Lake Thursday.
Adrian cashed in on 49 percent of its field goals in the contest, but Mountain Lake Area shot 53 percent from the floor and that lifted the Wolverines to an eight-point win.
The Wolverines...

Patriot girls win big in Slayton
The Hills-Beaver Creek girls rolled to a 55-39 victory when they took on Murray County Central in Slayton.
H-BC opened a 27-13 lead in the first half and sported a 28-26 scoring edge in the second half to complete a 16-point victory.
Grace Bundesen (19 points, 11...

Boys’ basketball teams from Adrian and Luverne squared off in an entertaining game Tuesday in Luverne.
Both teams sported leads in both halves of the game, but it was a late surge by the Dragons that gave visiting Adrian a 72-67 victory.
A layup by Mark Robinson 3:08 into the game gave the...

A short-handed Adrian wrestling team dropped three matches at the Wabasso-Red Rock Central Tournament Saturday in Wabasso.
Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (51-12), W-RRC (76-6) and Sibley East (31-12) topped the Dragons, who didn’t fill more than six weight classes during the three contests.
Logan Taylor...

The Adrian boys’ basketball team dropped its second consecutive game when it took on Murray County Central in Slayton Friday.
AHS, which was limited to 27 percent shooting from the floor in the game, faced a 36-24 deficit at halftime.
MCC went on to double (28-14) Adrian’s scoring output in the...

The Adrian girls’ basketball team secured its third consecutive victory at Edgerton Public School Thursday.
Taking advantage of a 24-7 scoring cushion at the charity stripe in the game, the Dragons came in on the winning end of a 60-43 decision.
Adrian led 28-22 after 18 minutes of play before...

Patriots edge Dragon boys at final buzzer
Hills-Beaver Creek sophomore canned a 30-foot shot before the final horn sounded to give the Patriots a 67-64 win in Adrian.
H-BC, which led 35-27 at halftime, appeared to be in trouble when Adrian rallied to knot the score at 64 in the final minute.
The...

A strong performance in the first half lifted the Adrian boys' basketball team to a 70-58 home win over the Minneota Vikings Monday.
Adrian exploded for 40 first-half points and led by 19 points at the intermission.
Minneota fought back to outscore AHS 37-30 in the second half, but Adrian thwarted...

The Adrian wrestlers came up empty in their attempt to post a match win during Saturday’s Pipestone Tournament.
Wrestling short-handed as a team, Adrian took setbacks from Pipestone (72-9), Tracy-Milroy-Balaton (72-3) and Wabasso-Red Rock Central (75-3).
Logan Taylor and Mitchell Wagner led AHS at...